Insects Injurious to the Mango. 5 
etable matter in the soil, either on the pine lands or in the stretches 
of everglades. In the Middle West, where this species also occurs, 
nothing has been recorded as to its larval habits. 
Fig, 2.—The blossom anomala: Injury by the adult beetles to mango blossom spikes. 
CONTROL. 
The best means of control is spraying the bloom spikes with poi- 
son. When the mango is sprayed in the bloom with Bordeaux mix- 
ture for the Colletotrichum blight, which attacks both bloom and 
